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treaty of Paris 1763
the treaty that ended the french and Indian war, Britain takes over France land to the Mississippi. France no long has power over america. -
Pontiac line 1763
no English settlers are allowed west of the Appalachian mountains. -
Pontiac rebellion
him and a bunch of others groups wanted their land back so he made it so they couldn't go past the Ohio river valley -
the sugar act
lower price of tax to 3 pence, so hopefully most colonist would pay. -
wrist of assistance
Search warrants that made it legal tor British soldiers to search any house for goods -
stamp act
new tax was put on every piece of printed paper -
quartering acts
all colonist have to house British solders and pay for them and their supplies. -
declaratory act
repeal of the stamp act, because they didn't like it. -
Townsend acts
made it so goods were taxed before they got into the colonies. Thought it would make the colonist less mad. -
boston massacre
It was a street fight between the patriots and the soldiers, some were killed. -
tea act
granted the British company a monopoly on tea sales, and made no new tax. -
Boston tea party
colonist weren't happy with the tax on British tea, and so they threw all the tea off the ships. -
Coercive Acts
were a bunch of laws passed by parliament, since the colonist behaved so badly to keep the in order. -
First Continental Congress
all colonies met except for one so they could discuss organizing colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
second continental congress
was to confront the British military threat and led to their Independence. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
tensions had rose between them and so they fought, added to the revolutionary war. -
battle of bunker hill
rebles lost this battle but succeded so much it gave them a confidence boost -
olive branch petition
importance was to get the rights of the colonist, and still remain loyal to the king. -
common sense
was a book written by Thomas Paine about how its common sense to know that the colonist needed their rights. -
declaration of independence
declared independence in the thirteen colonies. -
battle of trenton
A small battle in the morning and led to negligible losses to america -
battle of sarotoga
on the Hudson river and great achievement for colonist as the British colonial surrendered. -
winter at valley forge
George Washington led his troops into the winter at valley forger, many died due to different causes. -
battle of Yorktown
George Washington and the colonist won this battle as the British didn't see a point in continuing and surrendered. -
treaty of Paris 2
ended the revolutionary war, and recognized the independence.